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authorEthan Kruse <eakruse@uw.edu>2015-10-19 13:29:01 -0700
committerEthan Kruse <eakruse@uw.edu>2015-10-21 15:46:49 -0700
commit5caf4c932e43c47d73fad761e3257bb0d4551cc2 (patch)
tree963b87fbb2b55b64bc41e0148a6fbb1f9d5bde26 /numpy/lib/function_base.py
parent17146b2a873e835630ad58d00b73e97ba1fdb214 (diff)
downloadnumpy-5caf4c932e43c47d73fad761e3257bb0d4551cc2.tar.gz
BUG: Make median work for empty arrays (issue #6462)
np.median([]) returns NaN. Fixes bug/regression that raised an IndexError. Added tests to ensure continued support of empty arrays.
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diff --git a/numpy/lib/function_base.py b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
index 555d08386..fef69dff3 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/function_base.py
@@ -3339,7 +3339,7 @@ def _median(a, axis=None, out=None, overwrite_input=False):
indexer[axis] = slice(index-1, index+1)
# Check if the array contains any nan's
- if np.issubdtype(a.dtype, np.inexact):
+ if np.issubdtype(a.dtype, np.inexact) and sz > 0:
# warn and return nans like mean would
rout = mean(part[indexer], axis=axis, out=out)
part = np.rollaxis(part, axis, part.ndim)